The meaning of Excruciating

adjective

(of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

Usage examples:

An acute housing shortage

noun

Short for acute accent.

adjective

Causing great physical or mental pain.

Usage examples:

An agonizing death

verb

Undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something.

Usage examples:

I didn't agonize over the problem

adjective

Causing extreme physical or mental pain

Usage examples:

An agonizing death, she went through an agonizing few weeks waiting for the test results., we are f…

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The place smelled awful

adverb

Awfully; very.

Usage examples:

We're an awful long way from the motorway

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.

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Extreme cold

noun

Either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible.

Usage examples:

We represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the old guard, i one of the radi…

adjective

(of something bad) very severe or serious.

Usage examples:

His death was a grievous blow

adjective

Having very serious effects or causing great pain

Usage examples:

It was a grievous head wound, and he was not expected to survive., he was grievously injured.

adjective

Acutely distressing.

Usage examples:

A harrowing film about racism and violence

verb

Draw a harrow over (land).

Usage examples:

They ploughed and harrowed the heavy clay

adjective

Extremely upsetting because connected with suffering

Usage examples:

His book tells the harrowing story of how they climbed mt. everest.

adjective

Of extreme force, degree, or strength.

Usage examples:

The job demands intense concentration

adjective

Extreme

Usage examples:

Intense heat/cold, a look of intense joy, an intense 13-week course, he was young and intense, and …

abbreviation

Mare.

determiner

Short for my (representing the pronunciation used by lawyers in court to refer to or address the judge or a fellow barrister on the same side).

Usage examples:

M'learned friend

prefix

Denoting commercial activity conducted electronically by means of mobile phones.

Usage examples:

M-commerce

adjective

Having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence.

Usage examples:

Her piercing analysis

noun

A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery.

Usage examples:

This is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done

verb

(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

Usage examples:

A splinter had pierced the skin

verb

Cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to.

Usage examples:

He was racked with guilt

verb

(of a horse) move with a rack gait.

verb

Draw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the sediment in the barrel.

Usage examples:

The wine is racked off into large oak casks

adjective

Showing rage.

Usage examples:

A raging bull

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

adjective

Very severe or extreme

Usage examples:

A raging toothache, a raging thirst, he's got a raging (= high) temperature., a raging bore, a ragi…

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Extremely hot or intense.

Usage examples:

The searing heat of the sun

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Very hot

Usage examples:

Searing temperatures, gary felt searing pain in his leg.

adjective

(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.

Usage examples:

A severe shortage of technicians

adjective

Causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious

Usage examples:

A severe earthquake, the family faced severe challenges when he lost his job., severe criticism

noun

An act or instance of wounding or killing someone with a knife.

Usage examples:

The fatal stabbings of four women

adjective

(of a pain or sensation) sharp and sudden.

Usage examples:

I felt a stabbing pain in my chest

verb

Thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.

Usage examples:

He stabbed her in the stomach

adjective

Extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

A terrible crime

adjective

Inflicting severe physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

Peace from his tormenting thoughts

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

Usage examples:

He was tormented by jealousy

verb

Present participle of torment

Usage examples:

The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes., the camera focused on a group of wo…

adjective

Not able to be endured or tolerated.

Usage examples:

The heat was getting unbearable

adjective

So unpleasant or painful that you find it hard to accept

Usage examples:

We had an unbearable summer here., the long wait was almost unbearable.

adjective

Not able to be tolerated or endured.

Usage examples:

Cries of unendurable suffering

adjective

If a situation or experience is unendurable, it is so unpleasant or painful that it is almost impossible to bear

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Unendurable pain/suspense

adjective

Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Usage examples:

A violent confrontation with riot police

adjective

Using or involving force to hurt or attack

Usage examples:

Violent crime, the police are concerned about the possibility of violent behavior at the demonstrat…